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Giant mosquitoes in Florida? Yes, but don't cancel your vacation
Florida, land of the giant invasive snail, and the giant invasive python, is also home to a giant, indigenous mosquito, which may come out in force this summer, if the rains are just right. The extra-large Psorophora ciliata, known colloquially as a...
Tags: Tropical Storms, Natural Disasters
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Is your designated driver drunk?
Should designated drivers abstain from booze? If you said, yes, you might be shocked to know that 35% of so-called DDs drank on duty, while a portion of them were legally drunk when they hit the road, according to a new study. That finding, published...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, University of Florida
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How birds lost their penises
Most birds lost their penises somewhere along the trail of evolution. Scientists want to know where they went. A biological program that triggers cell death is to blame, and it may offer clues about both evolution and the molecular biology behind...
Tags: Birth Defects, Science, Science and Technology, Biology, University of Florida
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Dinosaur heads home to Mongolia after odyssey ends in Queens
NEW YORK -- It's bad enough to go from roaming the earth as a fearsome predator to being uprooted and dragged across three continents, but to end up in a basement in Queens? No wonder the Tyrannosaurus bataar was broken up. Literally. But not for long....
Tags: Paleontology, Queens (New York City), Crime, Law and Justice, Auction Service, Justice System
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Stephen Stills aims to Light Up the Blues for Autism Speaks
On his own and as a member of Crosby, Stills & Nash (and sometimes Young), two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Stephen Stills has taken part in many a benefit concert over the last four decades, but usually his role has been that of rock singer...
Tags: Asperger Syndrome, Behavioral Conditions, Autism, Charter Schools, Concerts
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Winter TCA: 'The Following's' Kevin Williamson quizzed on violence
Once upon a midnight dreary, Kevin Williamson became weak and weary--fielding questions on the violence seen in Fox’s upcoming horror drama “The Following.” The creator and executive producer, who is also behind the CW’s “...
Tags: James Purefoy, The CW (tv network), FBI, Kevin Bacon, Edgar Allan Poe
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Dance Spotlight: Alicia Graf Mack on keeping Alvin Ailey legacy alive
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to the Music Center in April with three programs of mixed repertory, combining contemporary works with such Ailey classics as 1960's "Revelations." Alicia Graf Mack, who rejoined the company in 2011 after she...
Tags: Music, Entertainment, Alvin Ailey
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Transient pleads not guilty to killing three women in 1980s
L.A. NOWA 72-year-old man charged with killing three women in Los Angeles in the late 1980s after DNA linked him to slayings pleaded not guilty Monday. Samuel Little, 72, was arrested in Louisville, Ky., in September by U.S. Marshals on an...... -
Talent pool runs deep for sophomore guards in the Southland
Get ready for an invasion of private jets arriving from Lexington, Ky.; Durham, N.C.; Gainesville, Fla.; and elsewhere carrying college basketball coaches hoping to woo a growing group of talented guards from the high school class of 2015. The days...
Tags: Ocean View, Nick Anderson, Students, Education, Campbell (Osceola, Florida)
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Victims of alleged L.A. serial killer all had children, LAPD says
L.A. NOWAuthorities on Monday announced the arrest of a 72-year-old man who they allege is a serial killer responsible for the slayings of at least three women in Los Angeles in the 1980s. Officials would not elaborate on the backgrounds of...... -
LAPD says serial killer suspect may have more victims
L.A. NOWLos Angeles police officials said they plan to comb through scores of old unsolved murders to see if a reputed 72-year-old serial killer carried out slayings in the city beyond the three women he is suspected of killing in the 1980s.... -
Egypt seeks arrest of Terry Jones, 7 others tied to anti-Islam film
World NowEgypt’s prosecutor general referred seven Egyptians Christians living in the United States and Florida-based Pastor Terry Jones to court for trial on charges that they offended Islam in connection with an anti-Muslim film that has triggered protests...
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